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• Criticism grows over NYPD's Muslim spying (AP)
• Rescheduled game for observant Jewish basketball team (Reuters)
• 63 percent of voters back Obama birth control policy: poll (Reuters)

Criticism grows over NYPD's Muslim spying (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:49 PM PST AP - New York City's Police Department is facing mounting criticism of its secret surveillance of Muslims across the Northeast, with ACLU chapters and numerous other groups demanding an investigation and New Jersey's governor accusing the NYPD of arrogantly acting as if "their jurisdiction is the world."

Rescheduled game for observant Jewish basketball team (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 01:16 PM PST Reuters - An Orthodox Jewish high school basketball team in Texas will not have to forfeit its playoff game after league officials agreed under legal pressure on Thursday to move up the game time to avoid a conflict with the Jewish Sabbath.

63 percent of voters back Obama birth control policy: poll (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2012 05:18 AM PST Reuters - Nearly two-thirds of Americans favor President Barack Obama's policy requiring birth control coverage for female employees, including clear majorities of Roman Catholic, Protestant evangelical and independent voters, a poll showed on Thursday.

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